Amilda Dymi

Ellington Financial in Old Greenwich, Conn., has made a minority investment in retail reverse mortgage loan originator Longbridge Financial.

FirstBank Mortgage Partners in Jackson, Tenn., has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Fair Housing Act by denying a mortgage loan to an applicant on maternity leave.

Data Facts has acquired One Source Credit Reporting Agency of Houston, to further expand the company's footprint in Texas.

American Homes 4 Rent in Agoura Hills, Calif., expects to raise about $488 million from the sale of rental revenue backed securities.

While year-over-year foreclosure activity continued to decline in August, an uptick in foreclosure auctions suggest the housing market still is in detox mode, according to RealtyTrac.

Homebuyers had to put slightly more money down on a conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage during the second quarter, reversing an 18-month downward trend, according to LendingTree.

A majority of U.S. teenagers consider homeownership part of the American dream and expect to perform many steps in the home buying process online, according to a recent survey.

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced two promotions Monday as part of an organizational realignment plan.

The $2.5 billion-asset QCR said in a press release Friday that the new company will include the mortgage staff from its Quad City Bank & Trust.

A recent Zacks report finds new data combined with higher homebuyer and homebuilder confidence will lead to a pickup in the housing market this fall.

Real estate agents have a lot of advice for mortgage lenders about how to do their job better, according to a new TD Bank survey.

Cleveland's Third Federal Savings and Loan has started offering first-lien mortgage refinance and home equity line of credit loans in four new states, plus the District of Columbia.

The Mortgage Bankers Association Mortgage Credit Availability Index inched down in August indicating lending standards tightened for most mortgage product categories, except for home improvement and new construction loans.

Nonbank mortgage lender LoanDepot is preparing to step into new consumer lending territory in early 2015 when it will start offering personal loans.

Housing for America's growing older population that needs to be affordable, physically accessible and close to support services "is in too short supply," according to a joint report from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies and AARP Foundation.

Kofax, a maker of imaging and business process management software, is acquiring Softpro, a provider of fraud prevention and electronic signature software based in Boeblingen, Germany, for $34.7 million in cash.

Lennar Homes and RBC Bank have formalized their unofficial agreement to help provide mortgages to Canadians buying homes in Southwest Florida.

The Bank of Napa has established a relief fund for victims of the recent California earthquake, which was centered in the bank's local area.

Redfin's July 2014 Housing Market Tracker report finds flat residential real estate price growth in all 35 markets included in the report for the first time in five months.

Prices of securitized commercial mortgage loans shrank slightly in July, according to DebtX.